Street Fight Daily: Google Buys Softcard, GrubHub President To Exit

A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Google Strikes Mobile Payments Deal With Big Wireless Carriers, Buys Softcard Technology (Recode) Google has inked a distribution deal with the biggest wireless carriers in the U.S. to get the Google Wallet payments app pre-installed on their phones.Read the full article

wired.com - 11 readers, 393 Tweets - With sites like Yelp, it’s never been easier to find restaurant reviews. But it’s often easier to ask a friend to recommend a place than it is to sift through dozens of reviews to figure out which, if any, restaurant suits your budget or dietary needs. A company called 1,000 Plateaus wants to change that with…